My good friend and former Sonar Mellowship bandmate Dr. David Ehrlich asked me if I’d contribute to the neuroscience class he was teaching at UW Madison entitled, “Music and the Brain.” The topic was creativity, improvisation, and algorithmic generation of music. It made for some fascinating research, and I learned a lot about both the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Professional Development
2017 and me
2017 was a watershed year for me. Roughly in chronological order, I: Went to therapy for the first time in 5 years Got over a case of prostatitis Got a Nintendo switch, which is dope; Zelda: BoTW is clearly one of the best games ever made Drifted away from close friends and romantic partners in … Continue reading
Areas in which I’d like to explore during my career
When I was entering into graduate school in nanoscale science, I did not have very many clear career goals besides, “I’d like to perform cutting-edge research in computational physics”, “I’d like to work on green energy technology”, and maybe “I’d like to use my talents to make the world a better place.” Perhaps if I … Continue reading
What I did at RC
An inexhaustive list of things I’ve done during my retreat at the Recurse Center: (explanatory links will be added when summary posts are finished) Worked on the Instacart Market Basket Analysis competition (1577th place at 0.3772453; max score 0.4091449) Did some introductory exercises with javascript coding and syntax on Freecodecamp Tried to implement a way … Continue reading
Recurse Center Admission!
Good news, everyone! My admission application to The Recurse Center has been accepted and I will be moving to New York City in early May to attend the Summer I batch from May 22 to August 10th. I’m really excited for this opportunity and think it’s perfect for my career trajectory. I’ve been dissatisfied with … Continue reading
Crafting a Personal Brand for Academic Professionals
Yesterday I gave a talk on UAlbany’s main campus regarding an overview of personal branding strategies for academic professionals through the UAlbany FFLC (Future Faculty Leadership Council). The talk is focused on the online aspect of personal branding. Please feel free to share the talk with others if you find it useful. I may periodically update … Continue reading
Communicating your research to colleagues and beyond
Communicating Your Research to Colleagues and Beyond (Here’s a blog post I wrote for the Future Faculty Leadership Council of UAlbany — http://uafuturefaculty.blogspot.com) Being comfortable with communicating your ideas is absolutely essential in your field and frequently important in your private life as well. Over the course of your career, you may be asked to give … Continue reading
Place Position in the Publication Process Powerpoint
Today I gave a seminar at CNSE at UAlbany about some basic information useful to graduate students about peer-reviewed science publication and the various tools that one can use to navigate and facilitate the process. Advice on writing style, figure creation, LaTeX, and responding to reviewer comments is given to a general science audience with … Continue reading
Grant-Writing for Graduate Students: A Recap of the FFLC’s Fall Event
Grant-Writing for Graduate Students: A Recap of the FFLC’s Fall Event By Abraham Hmiel On Thursday, October 25th, the FFLC at UAlbany hosted a grant writing panel for graduate students. The panelists included some faculty who had earned substantial funding through grants in their careers and others that have sat on grant review committees. Several … Continue reading
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